New Directions Cello Festival 2006
Sacramento State University

Master Schedule
(subject to change)

Friday June 9

WORKSHOPS I

11:30 - 12:30 Registration
1:00 - 2:00 Sera Smolen - Improvising Chamber Music
2:10 - 3:10 Sue Schlotte - Journey to the Universe
3:20 - 4:20 Chris White - Playing over Big Band changes
4:30 - 5:45 Cello Big Band
5:00 - 7:00 Teacher Roundtable "Pedagogy of Improvisation"

WORKSHOPS II

1:00 - 2:00 Barry Phillips - Swedish Tune and Backup Ideas
2:10 - 3:10 Natalie Scottish fiddling for cellists (advanced)
3:20 - 4:20 Lindsay Mac-Going Bowless II
4:30 - 5:45 Cello Big Band

FRIDAY EVENING CONCERT

7:30 Yoshi
8:30 Barry & Shelley Phillips
9:30 Quartet San Francisco
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Saturday June 10

BEGINNING WORKSHOPS

9:00 - 10:00 Corbin Keep - Weird Noises Jam '06
10:10 - 11:10 Natalie Haas - Scottish Fiddling For Cellists
11:20 - 12:20 Lindsay Mac-Going Bowless I
12:30 - 1:30 lunch / exhibition
1:30 - 2:00 Lindsay Mac - Beat up your instrument (jam)
2:00 - 3:00 Barry Phillips - Norwegian Harmonic Series Tune
3:10 - 4:10 Renata Bratt - Celtic Grooves for Two Cellos

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED WORKSHOPS

9:00 - 10:30 Vic Sazer Making Cello Playing Easier & Play without Pain
10:40 - 11:40 Joel Cohen - "4 Old Souls" with Davis, Tinney & Price
11:50 - 12:50 Jeremy Cohen "Learning Jazz Improvisation From The Beginning"
12:50 - 1:30 lunch / exhibition
(Saturday events continued)

1:30 - 2:00 Exhibition demos
2:00 - 3:00 Dances from Around the World Jam session
3:10 - 4:10 Jeremy Cohen - The Art of the Tango
4:20 - 5:45 Cello Big Band

SATURDAY EVENING CONCERT

7:30 Lindsay Mac
8:30 Jami Sieber
9:30 Natalie & Alasdair

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Sunday June 11

WORKSHOPS I

9:00 - 10:00 Elizabeth Reed - Feldenkrais
10:10 - 11:10 Yoshi - Real Groove with Pizzicato
11:20 - 12:30 Cello Big Band final rehearsal

12:30 - 1:30 lunch

WORKSHOPS II

9:00 - 10:00 Barry Phillips - Open Tunings - jam
10:10 - 11:10 Corbin Keep - Listening For What Is
12:30 - 1:30 Teacher's Round Table w. box lunch

1:30 - 3:00 Farewell Concert Sue Schlotte & Cello Big Band